RE: [Epic] Farm Chapters

From: Kelley, Kevin J., JCS <kevin.kelley_at_...>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:48:44 -0500

According to the "fluff" the chapters have unique "genetic"
characteristics - eg blood angels go into some kind of blood craze,
another chapter (Salamanders?) are pyromanics, the spcewolves ...
anyway, there is nothing to support marines graduating from one chapter
to another. What does happen is new chapters are spawned from the old
so you could have a hierarchical setup where your new Jade chapter is a
descendant of say the Dark angels (if that is what you get). The follow
on chapters tend to retain some part of the original color scheme but no
big deal. But - OTOH - if your fellow gamers dont care ... do what ya
want. I would think twice before repainting though, too much paint on
the little guys tends to obscure the detail.

> ----------
> From: Larry "Liquid" Plummer[SMTP:liquid_at_...]
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 1997 12:47 PM
> To: mailing list
> Subject: [Epic] Farm Chapters
>
> Merry Christmas to all Space Marine/ Epic players of the world.
> During
> this time of celebrating I have yet another newbie question. Please
> let me
> know if these begin to annoy any of you. This post is long. You have
> been
> warned 8').
> I am paticipating in a bidding war (auction) for a huge number of
> minis
> and some are already painted in the colors of established chapters.
> Instead
> of ruining another person's possibly good work, is it possible to use
> them
> making my chapter a type of "expansion Chapter" ? For example, I
> already
> made my chapter jade green metal flake (trust me. It looks better than
> it
> sounds) and named them the Jade Dragons. If the minis I receive from
> the
> aucion were painted in, say for example, Ultramarine fasion and all,
> could I
> keep the minis incorporated into my army as is and use my army, as a
> type of
> Farm Team for the Ultramarines in times of dire crisis? Also the JD
> would
> act as a kind of ladder rung or a place of recruitment for future
> Ultras. A
> JD troop could either be a dedicated Dragon for his whole life serving
> in
> honor for his Emporer, or follow a path developed by the Dragon and
> Ultra
> Chapter's leaders offered to only the Dragon's elite who wish to
> persue
> future service in the UM. In times when the UM are not in need of my
> Jade
> Dragons' fighting services as back-up/ reserves, they would act an
> semi-indepedant chapter with their own codes, customs, and rituals
> while the
> JD HQs (dedicated to the JD chapter and all it stands for) and blue
> armour
> wearing (JD troops who have chosen the path of becoming Ultras and are
> only
> a short way from becoming such who are looked upon by JD leaders to be
> THE
> example) troops ensure the rest of the Jades follow the Codex Astartes
> enough to remain worthy of either becoming future Ultras and/or keep
> their
> standing as an Imperial Chapter thus avoiding eternal liquididation.
> Please understand I was only using the Ultramarines as an example. I
> have no
> idea what chapter these minis were painted up to be a part of. But I
> hope
> you get the idea of what I am asking. Is this plausible or would I be
> better
> of coming up with something else?
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Liquid
>
>
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